Susan Diane Reeve (née Scott; born 17 September 1951) is a female former

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athlete from England. She competed in the women's

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and

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during her career and represented Great Britain at three

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: 1968, 1976 and 1980.

Biography

Scott took part in the 1968 Olympic Games as a 16 year old school girl at Hodge Hill Girls' Grammar School. She took Religious Knowledge and Geography A-level, and wanted to be a primary school teacher. Scott finished second behind Mary Peters in the pentathlon event at the

1968 WAAA Championships The 1968 WAAA Championships were the national track and field championships for women in the United Kingdom. The event was held at the Crystal Palace National Sports Centre, London, from 19 to 20 July 1968. The 3,000 metres event was held for ...

and then at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, she represented

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in the pentahlon event. In 1969 she competed in the pentathlon at the

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. One year later she represented

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in 100 metres hurdles and pentathlon events, at the

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, Scotland. But at this event, she competed with a recent injury to her left ankle. By the end of 1970 she had damaged tendons in her left foot, severing two tendons to the ankle, needing an operation, not competing for two years. She married Kevin Reeve in May 1971, aged 19 and competed under her married name thereafter. Reeve finished third behind Myra Nimmo in the long jump event at the 1975 WAAA Championships and then became the national long jump champion after winning the British

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title at the 1976 WAAA Championships and 1977 WAAA Championships. In 1976 she lived in Coton Green in Tamworth. In 1978 she won a gold medal in the long jump, at the

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, Canada,. She returned to work on Monday 14 August 1978, as a Liable Relatives Officer, at the DHSS office in Washwood Heath, suffering from jetlag. Reeve won further WAAA titles at the 1979 WAAA Championships and the 1980 WAAA Championships. She had been hoping to go to the

1982 Commonwealth Games The 1982 Commonwealth Games were held in Brisbane, Australia, from 30 September to 9 October 1982. The Opening Ceremony was held at the QEII Stadium (named after Elizabeth II), in the Brisbane suburb of Nathan. The QEII Stadium was also the ...

, then retire, but a weight training injury to her back, in 1978, caused her to retire early in April 1981, aged 28, after medical X-ray examinations.''Birmingham Mail'' Thursday 30 April 1981, page 56

References

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